http://thegeneralhistoryproject.com/2009/04/it%e2%80%99s-not-just-a-name/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 04 Apr 2010 06:24:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://thegeneralhistoryproject.com/2009/04/it%e2%80%99s-not-just-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Laura Lee Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:57:10 +0000 http://thegeneralhistoryproject.com/blog/?p=121#comment-391 Well hi there Mommy! So you DO read my blog. :-) Thank you for the explanation -it's sure to earn me a couple respect points. I like my name - both the way it sounds and now, what it means - I think I'll keep it! Love - your beloved/beautiful/kind daughter - did my name also mean humble? :-) Well hi there Mommy! So you DO read my blog. Thank you for the explanation -it’s sure to earn me a couple respect points. I like my name – both the way it sounds and now, what it means – I think I’ll keep it! Love – your beloved/beautiful/kind daughter – did my name also mean humble?

]]> http://thegeneralhistoryproject.com/2009/04/it%e2%80%99s-not-just-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Muriel Huttenbach Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:34:54 +0000 http://thegeneralhistoryproject.com/blog/?p=121#comment-389 Hi Laura Lee, Since I am your mom, I have "inside information" as to why you were named Laura Lee Patterson Huttenbach (with Laura Lee being a double first name). Variations of your name Laura is used in so many languages and countries, probably starting in classical Greek and Roman times, and now used in Europe, Great Britain and the Americas. It refers to the laurel tree and is symbolic for honor and in early Olympic games for victory when an athlete was crowned with a wreath of laurel leaves. Laura means "beloved" and "beautiful heroic girl;" It refers to an honorable person. Granddad's mother was named probably after the beautiful mountain laurels that grow in the Catskill Mountains. Your great grandmother was a teacher and actively promoted education, immunization for children and equal rights for women in her rural community. She attended church every week. Many nationalities were welcomed at her table. The name Lee is almost universal-with variations found in Greek, English, French, Arabic, Celtic, Latin, Hebrew and even Chinese. It means "kind," "pure," "beloved," "poetic" and "beautiful." You are at least the fourth generation to have Lee as a middle or second name, starting with your great-grandfather Horace Lee Patterson, your grandfather Maurice Lee Patterson and continuing down to me, your sister and you. Patterson is of Irish origin. Huttenbach is German, meaning "little hut by the river." Your name reflects the melting pot that is America in which many ideas, races and religions are assimilated and ethnicities live together. Actually your dad and I were considering another name, but your older brothers threatened to call you "Wilbur," a boy's name, if we called something other than Laura Lee. :>) I hope The General and others in your adopted African family (as well as you), can have a better idea as to the meaning of your name. With love, Mom Hi Laura Lee,
Since I am your mom, I have “inside information” as to why you were named Laura Lee Patterson Huttenbach (with Laura Lee being a double first name). Variations of your name Laura is used in so many languages and countries, probably starting in classical Greek and Roman times, and now used in Europe, Great Britain and the Americas. It refers to the laurel tree and is symbolic for honor and in early Olympic games for victory when an athlete was crowned with a wreath of laurel leaves. Laura means “beloved” and “beautiful heroic girl;” It refers to an honorable person. Granddad’s mother was named probably after the beautiful mountain laurels that grow in the Catskill Mountains. Your great grandmother was a teacher and actively promoted education, immunization for children and equal rights for women in her rural community. She attended church every week. Many nationalities were welcomed at her table.
The name Lee is almost universal-with variations found in Greek, English, French, Arabic, Celtic, Latin, Hebrew and even Chinese. It means “kind,” “pure,” “beloved,” “poetic” and “beautiful.” You are at least the fourth generation to have Lee as a middle or second name, starting with your great-grandfather Horace Lee Patterson, your grandfather Maurice Lee Patterson and continuing down to me, your sister and you. Patterson is of Irish origin. Huttenbach is German, meaning “little hut by the river.” Your name reflects the melting pot that is America in which many ideas, races and religions are assimilated and ethnicities live together. Actually your dad and I were considering another name, but your older brothers threatened to call you “Wilbur,” a boy’s name, if we called something other than Laura Lee. :>)
I hope The General and others in your adopted African family (as well as you), can have a better idea as to the meaning of your name.
With love, Mom

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